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On the night that the Spice Girls reformed in the Olympic Stadium 80,000
people packed out Hyde Park for what looked like the farewell gig by a band
that helped to define 1990s Britain in a very different way.

Blur came on stage at six minutes past nine last night to allow the crowds a
glimpse of the beginning of the Olympic closing ceremony on the big screens
around the park.

The Britpop survivors had quite a warm-up act: The Specials, New Order and
Bombay Bicycle Club completing a bill that plenty of music fans would take
ahead of the